BRIGANDINE Definition & Meaning

brigandine

[ brig-uhn-deen, -dahyn ]

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noun

Armor.

a flexible body armor of overlapping steel plates with an exterior covering of linen, velvet, leather, etc.

brigandine

/ -ˌdaɪn; ˈbrɪɡənˌdiːn /

noun

a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of brigandine¹

1425–75; late Middle English brigandyn < Middle French brigandine. See brigand, -ine ²

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of brigandine¹

C15: from Old French, from brigand + -ine ¹

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Already the small excavation has yielded pieces of “brigandine” armor, and Native American projectile points that date back centuries.

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Such armor remained in use until the 1870s, longer than the similar European brigandine bodice, sewn with several layers of silk cloth riveted with metal scales or plates.

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The spear went fair through Uwaine’s chest There will have been a weakness in his brigandine.”

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The next moment a bullet struck against his brigandine, but without doing him any injury.

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And those of the brigandine sought not to land, but put themselues to sea, and returned to the Island of Cuba.

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